An Evans man was in stable condition Tuesday morning after getting shot outside his home Monday.

Julian Derrick Bell, 25, told authorities that he was playing basketball at Wedgewood Park Apartments Monday evening when he got into an argument with two men. Before it escalated, Bell went home about 10:45 p.m., according to a Columbia County Sheriff’s Office incident report.

When Bell parked at his home on Evans to Locks Road, he said two men approached him and fired several shots from a handgun into his vehicle, according to the report.

A man being held in custody is apparently connected to another arrest made this week.

Michael Dewayne Ware was arrested Friday afternoon at 4 p.m. on five felony counts of entering an automobile with the intent to commit a theft.

In an email sent by Capt. Steve Morris of the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office Saturday morning, he indicated that the 25-year-old Ware, who resides at 4011 Sibley Court in Augusta, is the partner of Charles Derrick Larke, who was arrested Wednesday morning.

Columbia County authorities are trying to identify a man they say shoplifted last month from the Evans Target store.

On May 21, an asset protection employee for Target at 4223 Washington Road said a male came into the store through the exit door at about 11:45 a.m. and grabbed a shopping bag from a register, according to a Columbia County Sheriff’s Office incident report.